JPH083856B2 - Automatic cash handling device - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Industrial application] The present invention relates to an automatic cash handling apparatus, and more specifically, in an automatic cash handling apparatus for performing payment and deposit transactions of paper sheets, The present invention relates to a device suitable for accelerating the payment operation at the time of payment transaction of banknotes.

[Conventional technology]

As a conventional automatic cash handling apparatus of this type, ones shown in FIGS. 6 to 8 have been proposed.

That is, in the automatic cash handling apparatus shown in these figures, the transport mechanism 5 is lowered to move the cassette 3 when the bill payment transaction is performed.
An appropriate number of banknotes in the banknote are taken out (Fig. 6).
The sheet is conveyed to the take-in section 2a (Fig. 7). The counting unit 2 counts the number of banknotes corresponding to the transaction amount, and when the banknotes are set on the loading table 2b, the transport mechanism 5 grabs the set banknotes and inverts them to discharge them to the doorway 1 (Fig. 8). , So that it is possible to carry out payment transactions of banknotes.

[Problems to be solved by the invention]

As described above, in the conventional technique shown in FIGS. 6 to 8, when the user specifies the number of bills to be paid and dealt, the transport mechanism 5 transports an appropriate number of bills from the cassette to the counting unit 2. When the user presses the confirmation key of the designated amount, the counting unit 2 performs the counting operation, and the transport mechanism 5 transports from the counting unit 2 to the entrance / exit 1. Therefore, the processing operation is large, and therefore the user receives the bill. There is a problem that each takes time.

In view of the above circumstances, an object of the present invention is to provide an automatic cash handling apparatus that can surely speed up a release transaction.

[Means for solving problems]

In the present invention, when entering and exiting a banknote and making a payment transaction,
A certain number of banknotes are deposited in advance in the separating section, and at the time of transaction, at least one kind of banknote and a counting section for counting the number of banknotes taken in from the separating section and setting them in the stacker for transaction. A cassette that is stored, a sorting chamber that stores and stores bills of that type in different numbers, and a transport mechanism that transfers bills between the doorway, the counting unit, the cassette, and the sorting chamber, and control means. It has and.

Then, the control means, when the payment transaction, when the number of sheets corresponding to the user's designated amount of money and the number of banknotes of the bills stored in the sorting chamber match each other, the carrying mechanism matches the designated amount of money. The banknotes of the specified number of banknotes are taken out from the sorting chamber and transported to the entrance and exit, while the counting unit counts the same number of banknotes as the user's designated amount of money from the separating unit and sets them in the transaction stacker. Then, the set bills are replenished in the sorting chamber where the bills are taken out by the transport mechanism, and further, when the user's designated amount of money and the number of bills stored in the sorting chamber do not match,
The counting unit sets the specified number of bills from the separating unit to the stacker for taking in, and the carrying mechanism controls so that the designated number of set bills is carried to the entrance.

[Action]

At the time of payment transaction, when the number of banknotes corresponding to the amount designated by the user matches the number of banknotes stored in advance in the sorting chamber, the control unit drives the transport mechanism and the counting unit. The carrying mechanism takes out the banknotes of the number of compartments corresponding to the number of money designated by the user from the compartment and conveys them to the doorway. On the other hand, the counting section counts and sets the same number of banknotes as the number of banknotes corresponding to the amount designated by the user. Then, the transport mechanism transfers the banknotes set by the counting unit,
The bill is replenished in the sorting chamber from which it was taken out.

In the present invention, as described above, when the number of banknotes corresponding to the user's designated amount of money and the number of banknotes stored in the sorting chamber match, the transport mechanism directly transports the banknote from the sorting chamber to the doorway. Compared to the conventional one in which bills are conveyed to the entrance after the counting unit performs the processing operation, the counting unit does not need to perform the processing operation, and the payment transaction can be speeded up. Moreover, the counting unit counts and sets the number of banknotes corresponding to the amount designated by the user, and the set banknotes are replenished in the sorting chamber by the transport mechanism, so that it is sufficient to deal with the next transaction. is there.

Therefore, if the number of sections of each banknote in the sorting room is set to the number that users frequently trade,
It can certainly speed up the majority of payment transactions.

〔Example〕

An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. 1 to 5. FIG. 1 is a schematic view showing an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is an explanatory view showing a partitioning chamber, FIG. 3 is a partially cutaway perspective view of the partitioning chamber, and FIG. 4 is an IV arrow in FIG. FIG. 5 is a flow chart showing the control operation.

The automatic cash handling apparatus of the embodiment shown in these figures is applied to an automatic cash handling apparatus that only performs payment transactions for banknotes of 10,000 yen denomination, and is roughly classified into a gateway 10
It includes a counting unit 20, a cassette 30, a sorting chamber 40, a carrying mechanism 50, and a control device 60.

The doorway 10 is installed, for example, in a position near a user's operation unit, etc., so that when a bill is transported during a payment transaction, the user can receive the bill by opening the lid 11. There is.

At the time of a payment transaction, the counting unit 20 discriminates bills, counts the number of bills corresponding to the amount designated by the user, and sets them in the stacker 21 for trading. More specifically, the counting unit 20, as shown in FIG.
Separation unit 22 that separates and conveys a plurality of placed bills one by one, and discriminates the bills conveyed by the separation unit 22, and the discrimination result, the bill suitable for the transaction is set to the user's designated amount. An inspection unit 23 that counts a corresponding number of sheets, a stacker 21 for transactions that accumulates transaction banknotes carried out from the inspection unit 23, and an inspection unit
The stacker 24 for the stack that deposits the banknotes that have been carried out from 23 and are unusable for non-trading, and the banknotes that have been carried out from the inspection unit 23 and that are suitable for trading have exceeded the amount specified by the user. Stacker 25 for circulation to deposit banknotes
In addition, the inspection unit 23 deposits the number of banknotes corresponding to the specified amount for payment transaction on the stacker 21 by the inspection unit 23.

The cassette 30 is for storing banknotes, and a safe 31 in which the banknotes are stored side by side so that the uppermost banknote is located at a fixed position, and is arranged above the safe 31, and is a banknote for a reject. It has a credible safe 32 that can be stored.

The sorting chamber 40 is arranged between the doorway 10 and the cassette 30, and stores the banknotes having different numbers of sheets, respectively. That is, as shown in FIG.
By the shelves arranged along the vertical direction in the casing 41, for example, it is divided into 10 chambers 40a ~ 40j, the number is sequentially assigned according to the upper chamber 40a from the lower chamber 40j. , One banknote in the upper chamber 40a is in the second chamber 40b
2 bills are stored in the 10th chamber 40j, and 10 bills are stored in the 10th chamber 40j with different numbers of bills counted by the counting unit 2 in advance.

Further, in each of the chambers 40a to 40j, as shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the interior 48 forms a space in which grooves 48a and 48b are provided on the top surface and the bottom surface, respectively. A shaft 42 provided at an upper position, a shutter 43 that is coupled to the shaft 42 and has a claw 43a that extends to a groove on the bottom surface of the internal space, and that can open and close the internal space, and is attached to one end of the shaft 42. Response member 44 and lever connected to the response member 44
A solenoid 46 capable of sucking 45 and rotating the response member 44;
It has a spring 47 for pulling the response member 44 in a direction opposite to the rotating direction of the solenoid 46. And in FIG.
When the lever 45 is attracted by the excitation of the solenoid 46,
When the response member 44 turns counterclockwise together with the shaft 42 and the shutter 43 turns in the same direction to open the chambers 40a to 40j, and when the solenoid 45 demagnetizes the lever 45, the response member 44 is released. Is rotated clockwise by the force of the spring 47, and at the same time, the shaft 42 and the shutter 43 are also rotated in the same direction so that the chambers 40a to 40j are closed.

The transport mechanism 50 includes a doorway 10, a counting unit 20, a cassette 30,
Banknotes can be delivered between the sorting rooms 40. That is, the transport mechanism 50, which is only schematically shown in FIG. 1, holds a hand 51 for collectively gripping and releasing an appropriate number of banknotes and a drive unit (not shown) for the hand 51. And).

Each of the hands 51 has an internal space of each of the chambers 40a to 40j.
Two pairs of forks are formed so that they can be inserted into the upper surface groove 48a and the lower surface groove 48b of 48, and the banknotes are held and gripped by them.

The drive unit for the hand 51 will be briefly described with reference to FIG. 1. A vertical movement unit that vertically moves the hand 51, a horizontal movement unit that horizontally reciprocates the hand 51, and a hand 51. It has a reversing means for reversing around the axis and an opening / closing means for opening and closing the hand 51, and the hand 51 drives the bills between the sorting chamber 40, the cassette 30, the counting section 20, and the doorway 10 by driving each of these means. I am able to deliver.

Therefore, at the movement path position of the hand 51, the doorway 1
0, a sorting room 40, a cassette 30, and a counting unit 20 are installed.

On the other hand, the control unit 60 controls each of the transport mechanism 50, the sorting chamber 40, the counting unit 20, and the entrance / exit 10 according to a preset program, and a memory (not shown) that stores an operation sequence of these. No.) and a micro computer that reads and executes the operation sequence, and supports 70
It is installed in the rear position of.

Then, the control unit 60, when making a payment transaction, when the number of bills corresponding to the amount designated by the user and the number of banknotes stored in the sorting chamber 40 match, the hand 51 of the transport mechanism 50. Is controlled so as to take out the banknotes of the same number of compartments from the corresponding compartment 40 and carry them to the doorway 10. For example, if the user specifies a transaction of 100,000 yen, the hand 51 of the transport mechanism 50 will cause the lower chamber 40j of the compartment 40
To hold the 10 banknotes stored in the chamber 40j, and move to the doorway 10 to carry the banknotes.

Further, the control unit 60, when the chamber 40j becomes empty by taking out the number of banknotes, the counting unit 20 counts the same number of banknotes as the number of banknotes designated by the user, and the count is performed. The transported bills are controlled by the transport mechanism 50 so as to be replenished in the sorting chamber 30 from which the bills are discharged. For example, when 10 banknotes are taken out of the chamber 40j, the counting unit 20 returns 10 banknotes.
The hand 51 of the transport mechanism 50 that has counted and set the stacker 21 on the stacker 21 and has taken out the banknotes moves to grip the banknotes on the stacker 21, and refills the empty chamber 40j with the banknotes. I am trying.

Therefore, a predetermined number of banknotes are deposited in advance in the separating unit 22 of the counting unit 20, and the counting unit 20 is configured to perform the counting operation for replenishment when the user inputs the transaction amount confirmation key. There is.

Next, the operation of the automatic cash handling machine of the embodiment will be described with reference to FIG.

First, at the time of initialization, the control unit 60 drives the carrying mechanism 50 and the counting unit 20, the hand unit 51 of the carrying mechanism 50 moves to the cassette 30, and holds a predetermined number of banknotes stored in the cassette 30, and The bill is transferred to the separating unit 22 of the counting mechanism 20 to be delivered. When the bills are delivered in the counting unit 20, the bills to be stored in the first chambers 40a to 40j of the sorting chamber 40 are counted,
The counted banknotes are delivered and stored in the corresponding chambers of the sorting chamber 40 by the hand 51, and thereafter, the counting operation by the counting unit 20 and the delivery operation of the banknotes by the hand 51 are sequentially repeated, whereby the respective chambers 40a to 40j. A predetermined number of banknotes are stored in.

Further, a fixed number of banknotes from the cassette 30 are set in the separating unit 22 of the counting unit 20 by the hand 51.

In order for the user to make a payment transaction, the personal authentication card is first inserted into the device (S100), and then the personal identification card is input (S101). Next, input the specified amount of transaction (S102)
Then, the confirmation of the designated amount is input (S103).

When the number of banknotes corresponding to the user's designated amount of money and the number of banknotes stored in any of the compartments 40a to 40j of the sorting room 40 match by the processing of S103, the control unit 60 causes the carrying mechanism.
The hand 51 of the transport mechanism is driven to 50, moves to the chambers 40a to 40j in which the number of coins corresponding to the designated amount matches, and collectively grips the banknotes in the chamber, and from there, moves to the doorway 10 and grips. Then carry the bill (S110).

On the other hand, when S103 is processed, the control device 60 drives the counting unit 20, and the counting unit 20 counts the number of banknotes corresponding to the amount specified by the user, and trades the banknotes loaded in the separating unit 22 in advance. Set it on the appropriate stacker 21 (S111). Then, the control unit 60
Drives the transport mechanism 50 again, and the hand 51 performs the operation of delivering the bills from the predetermined chambers 40a to 40j of the sorting chamber 40 to the entrance / exit 20, and then moves to the stacker 21 to grip the bills, and the sorting chamber 40. The banknotes are transferred to the empty chambers 40a to 40j and the banknotes are delivered (S112). This caused empty room 40a
Up to 40j are replenished with a predetermined number of banknotes taken out by the transaction of the user.

On the other hand, after the processing of S103, the control unit 60 further processes the central communication, the printing of the statement slip, and the like, and after the processing, the personal authentication card and the statement slip are released. This allows the user to receive them (S104).

After the processing of S104, the lid 11 of the doorway 10 to which the banknotes have been delivered by the processing of S110 is opened (S113), and the user can extract the banknote of the transaction amount (S105), and thus the transaction ends. To do.

As a result, at the time of the release transaction, if the number of bills corresponding to the user's specified amount of money and the number of banknotes stored in the sorting chamber 40 match, the transport mechanism 50 sorts the banknotes of the same number of banknotes. Since it is taken out from the chamber 40 and conveyed to the entrance / exit 10, compared with the conventional example in which the counting unit 2 counts and then conveys the banknotes to the entrance / exit 1, the processing of the counting unit is unnecessary and the hand 51 is sorted. Only the operation of transferring the bills from the room 40 to the doorway 10 can be completed, and the release transaction processing can be speeded up.

Moreover, when the counting unit 20 counts and sets the same number of banknotes as the designated amount of money and the banknotes are replenished in the sorting chamber 40 by the transport mechanism 50, when the next transaction is made. Can be dealt with reliably.

Therefore, the number of banknotes stored in the sorting chamber 40 is
Most users can speed up most transactions if the number of transactions is set to a specified amount that users often trade.

On the other hand, when the user specifies a number different from the number stored in the sorting chamber 40, a predetermined number of banknotes are set in the separating unit 22 of the counting unit 20 in advance, so the counting unit
20 picks up banknotes by the separating unit 22, sets the number of banknotes designated by the user on the stacker 21 for transaction, and then transfers the banknotes on the stacker 21 to the doorway 10 by the transfer mechanism 50. In this case, even if the user is different from the number of sheets sorted in the sorting chamber 40, the counting unit 20 immediately counts the bills set in the separating unit 22 and sends the bills to the transaction stacker 21. Compared with the conventional technology in which the banknotes are transported from the cassette 3 to the counting unit 2 after being designated, the transaction can be speeded up.

Further, in the embodiment, the processing of S113 is performed after the operation of S104 by the user. However, in reality, the user performs S103.
Compared with the time from the operation of S104 to the operation of S104, the processing time for the transport mechanism 50 to transfer the bill to the doorway 10 is faster, so the bill can be discharged at the same time as the personal authentication card and the statement slip. It is possible to shorten the time at any time.

In the illustrated embodiment, an example of application to an automatic cash handling apparatus that performs only payment transactions is shown, but in the present invention,
Of course, it can be applied not only to payment transactions but also to automatic cash handling apparatuses that perform deposit transactions. Further, in the illustrated embodiment, the example in which the present invention is applied to the one handling only one denomination consisting of 10,000 yen as a bill is shown, but it can also be applied to the one handling a plurality of denominations. For example, when handling denominations of 1,000 yen in addition to 10,000 yen, in addition to 10,000 yen banknotes in the sorting room 40, the number of 1,000 yen banknotes is the same as for 10,000 yen banknotes. If they are divided and stored according to differences, even if the user's designated amount of money is equivalent to 10,000 yen bills and 1,000 yen bills, it can be executed by transporting two kinds of bills respectively. .

〔The invention's effect〕

As described above, according to the present invention, when a transaction for payment of banknotes is performed, when the number of banknotes corresponding to the user's designated amount of money and the number of banknotes stored in the sorting chamber match, the transportation mechanism specifies the banknotes. The number of banknotes corresponding to the amount of money is taken out of the sorting chamber and transported to the doorway,
Since the counting unit is configured to count and set the same number of banknotes as the number of money specified by the user, and the set banknotes are replenished to the sorting chamber from which the banknotes are taken out by the transport mechanism. By setting the number of banknotes in each of the banknotes to a number that is frequently traded, the majority of payment transactions can be surely speeded up.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic view showing an embodiment in which the present invention is applied to an automated teller machine, FIG. 2 is an explanatory view showing a compartment, FIG. 3 is a fragmentary perspective view of the compartment, and FIG. Is a view as seen from the arrow IV in FIG. 3, and FIG. 5 is a flow chart showing the control operation.
FIGS. 6 to 8 show a conventional example of a conventional automatic cash handling apparatus, FIG. 6 is an explanatory view of moving a carrying mechanism to a cassette, and FIG. 7 is an explanatory view of carrying a bill to a counting section by the carrying mechanism. , FIG. 8 is an explanatory view showing a bill paying operation by the carrying mechanism. 10 …… entrance / exit, 20 …… counter, 21 …… transaction stacker, 22 …… separator, 30 …… cassette, 40 …… sorting room,
50: Transport mechanism, 51: Hand, 60: Control section.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A banknote entrance / exit and a predetermined number of banknotes are deposited in a separating section in advance in a transaction for payment, and at the time of transaction, the number of banknotes taken in from the separating section is counted and used for transaction. Counting section to be set in the stacker, a cassette storing at least one type of banknotes, a sorting chamber for storing and storing banknotes of that type in different numbers, and the entrance, the counting section, and the cassette. ， Providing a transportation mechanism for transferring bills between the sorting chambers and a control means, and the control means, at the time of payment transaction, divides the number of bills corresponding to the amount specified by the user and the bills respectively stored in the sorting chambers. When the number of bills matches, the transport mechanism takes out the banknotes of the number of compartments that match the number of designated money equivalents, and transports them to the entrance and exit, while the counting unit sets the number of bills equivalent to the designated amount of money of the user. The same number of banknotes are counted from the separating unit and set in a stacker for trading, and the set banknotes are replenished in the sorting chamber from which the banknotes are taken out by the transport mechanism, and further, the amount specified by the user. When the number of banknotes stored in the sorting chamber does not match the number of banknotes stored in the sorting chamber, the counting unit sets the banknotes to the stacker for taking in from the separating unit for the specified number of sheets, and the transport mechanism sets the specified number of banknotes. An automatic cash handling apparatus, which is controlled so as to be transported to an entrance / exit.